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tinchels

tinchels is the plural of tinchel.

Meaning of tinchel

Noun

tinchel (plural tinchels)

  1. (Scotland) A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.
    • We'll quell the savage mountaineer, / As their tinchel cows the game!1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and...

Questions about tinchels

What is tinchels the plural of?
Tinchels is the plural of tinchel.

Words near tinchels in the dictionary

  1. tincalconite
  2. tincall
  3. tincar
  4. Tinch
  5. tinchel
  6. tinchels
  7. Tincher
  8. Tinchers
  9. Tinches
  10. tinchy
  11. tinchy-winchy

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